Greedy AI

[addiv]

This is the highest I've seen them ask I think.

btw I paid the money anyway.

 

[funxus]

I thought they were demanding the gold, but I now see they were trying to sell you a tech. MW and Gunpowder have the highest AI value in the rules.txt. This is probably why they take out such a high price.

 

[Old n Slow]

It's also a function of your cash balance (and maybe theirs as well.) In a recent GOTM I saw unit prices in excess of 6K and cities in excess of 20K -- both of our civs were in Fundy at the time & I had over $20K (they had about $30K.) Had to bring in the guns, 'cause I thought that inflation had set in just a bit too much.

 

[addiv]

Originally posted by Old n Slow
It's also a function of your cash balance (and maybe theirs as well.) In a recent GOTM I saw unit prices in excess of 6K and cities in excess of 20K -- both of our civs were in Fundy at the time & I had over $20K (they had about $30K.) Had to bring in the guns, 'cause I thought that inflation had set in just a bit too much.

Yes I found that out too, because a few turns later I had only 1200 gold or so and they sold me Genetic Engineering for only 800. So I should probably have spent some of my cash first before talking to those Babylonians, then I could have gotten it cheaper I guess...
It's unbelievable, I've been playing Civ 2 for 5 years and I still learn new things about the game quite frequently (though maybe I knew this once but forgot it).